Wednesday, January 31, 2024

White House: Iran-backed militias in Iraq launched deadly drone attack on US troops


White House: Iran-backed militias in Iraq launched deadly drone attack on US troops
 AFP



The White House says the Islamic Resistance in Iraq militia grouping was behind the weekend drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a base in Jordan.

The “attribution that our intelligence community is comfortable with is that this was done by the umbrella group” Islamic Resistance in Iraq — a coalition of Iranian-backed militias — says National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

In addition to the three deaths in the drone blast on Sunday at the remote base, about 40 more troops were injured, the Pentagon says.

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